26 Dec SOURCE SPORTS: Kawhi Leonard Receives 8 Stitches in Christmas Day Game

The Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets closed out the NBA Christmas slate but it made for a scary moment for Kawhi Leonard.

In the fourth quarter, Serge Ibaka’s elbow clashed with Leonard’s face creating a gash near his mouth. Leonard would go down to the floor and cameras picked up heavy bleeding.

Leonard resulted in eight stitches for the mouth laceration. In the post-game, Paul George told ESPN how he felt in the moment.

“I was thinking of the worst,” George said. “I didn’t know if he was concussed or how hard of a hit [it was] or what actually happened, because I didn’t see it. I just saw him laying on the ground. That was first and foremost, just making sure he was OK.”

The Clippers would win 121-108, getting a bit of revenge from the loss in the playoffs last year.

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